Complete Definition of "shoo-in"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-shoo-in.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
shoe in / shoe-in a score in horseshoes

Noun
shoo-in

  1. idiom (US) An obvious candidate; somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon.

#:She's very popular and good with numbers, so I expect she'll be a shoo-in for treasurer.

Translations

Dutch: gedoodverfde winnaar, kat in't bakkie
mid

See also
landslide

References
Oxford University Press article

vi:shoo-in

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